Love, Loss and What I Wore: All-Star Cast in Ephron Sisters' Play

Love, Loss and What I Wore is an intimate collection of stories by acclaimed sisters Nora and Delia Ephron, based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman and directed by Karen Carpenter. In this mostly comic but also frequently touching and sentimental show, clothing and other accessories serve as a metaphor for matters far deeper than the average walk-in closet. The show, now in its third smash year at Westside Theatre, features a rotating cast of film, TV and stage stars, with each cast performing for four weeks at a time. See the More Information section for the latest cast lineup.

Reviews & Ratings

Seeing a show at The Westside Theater is a treat because its such a small theater. There are some problematically placed poles but they are slim enough to look around easily by leaning left or right.

Seeing a show with a killer cast at The Westside Theater is an experience! Although this is a staged reading with a rotating cast the women create a polished, thought evoking piece of theater. On a base level the show is about clothes women wore that defined who they were at specific points in their lives. If you delve deeper its not really about the clothes. Its about women. Their feelings and self expression. Their relationships with themselves and others. How these emotions are transfered, amplified, defined, ect. by specific articles, styles and iconic fashion movements.

You don't need to love clothes or even care about them to love this play. Clothes are the vehicle the emotions driving them are universal.
The cast for this play is a rotation of accomplished actress'. The cast I saw included: Carole Kane, Natasha Lyonne, Lucy DeVito, Katie Finneran and Capathia Jenkins. Each women performed the well crafted piece with generosity and humanity. I have no doubt future casts will do the same.

Outstanding! The actors were phenomenal and it was an amazing hearing the stories and reflecting on my own past. It's definitely an emotional journey - laughing, crying and laughing some more! I highly recommend it!

This is a great play to see with your girlfriends. Had a slight obstructed view but the theatre is very intimate so it does not interfere with enjoymentof the show. You will laugh alot. You will realize that although we are from diverse...continued

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Quotes & Highlights

“This is an evening that goes directly to the heart, soul and vanity of every woman, young or old.” —Liz Smith
“It’s like a big bowl of buttered popcorn (but calorie-free!) for the women who can share deeply in the particulars of experience dissected and discussed.” —New York Times

Description

Proving that a great show is always in fashion, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, with its starry rotating cast and compulsively entertaining subject matter, has become the toast of off-Broadway. This intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron and directed by Karen Carpenter is about to enter its second smash year at New York’s Westside Theatre.

Produced by Daryl Roth, _Love, Loss, and What I Wore _is based on the best-seller by Ilene Beckerman, as well as on the recollections of the Ephrons’ friends. Like the popular book, the show uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to, creating one of the most enduring theatergoing experiences in New York. “Enthralling! You’ll have such a good time,” raves WOR’s Joan Hamburg.